Astronomer Paul Wiegert had found a scenario in which Apophis could be sent careening into Earth in 2029. But we’d have to be ...
Asteroid Apophis doesn’t currently pose a threat to Earth when it passes by in a few years, but an astrophysicist has ...
New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...
Not only that, but if the asteroid, which is named Apophis after an Egyptian god resembling a snake who sowed chaos and ...
Asteroid 99942 Apophis, known as the 'God of Chaos,' will make a close approach to Earth in April 2029. Although it poses no ...
Rocky Future Don't panic, but the odds of a massive asteroid named Apophis smashing into Earth just got a little bit higher.
In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...
An astrophysicist at the University of Western Ontario finds that the odds of the asteroid 99942 Apophis striking Earth are slightly higher than previously thought. In his study, published in The ...
Is the world going to end? This question is trending online as a massive asteroid, Apophis, hurtles towards Earth. What is ...
The study hints at a slim chance that asteroid Apophis could hit Earth in 2029 due to a potential impact with another asteroid before it passes by.